Outside Resources

"Our mission is to make tangible and sustainable impact on our clients and their businesses. We also aim to bring management consulting capabilities into the hands of students of all levels and all backgrounds."

"The Cornell Venture Capital Club (CVC) provides Cornell undergraduates with the unparalleled opportunity to learn about the venture capital industry by working directly with leading VC firms and their portfolio companies."

Blogs

"Medium taps into the brains of the world’s most insightful writers, thinkers, and storytellers to bring you the smartest takes on topics that matter. So whatever your interest, you can always find fresh thinking and unique perspectives."

"Farhad Manjoo is the “State of the Art” columnist for Business Day, a position he assumed in February 2014. Before joining The Times, Mr. Manjoo was a technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal."

"Cornell University Sustainable Design (CUSD) is a student run, interdisciplinary project team with a bias towards impact. We bring together students from across all seven colleges to work alongside renowned faculty and knowledgeable professionals in our mission to create a network of proactively sustainable communities."

"The Intro to Digital Product Design Course is a training program for anyone interested in UX / UI and Product Design careers in digital experiences...In this course, you will learn how to ideate solutions for existing applications and execute thoughtful solutions with Sketch, prototyping tools, and Origami."

"Medium Design Collective exists to connect independent thinkers of varying academic backgrounds through the design process...Throughout the year, Medium hosts a number of talks, expos, and workshops which serve the double purpose of teaching design and strengthening Cornell's community."

Tools

General Tips

Seek out help from students who have gotten product design/product management internships!

Blogs

"Silicon Valley Product Group (SVPG) was created to share lessons learned and best practices about how to build innovative products customers love...We know how great products are built. And we can help you build them, too."

"The Clever PM has worked as a product manager for over 10 years in a variety of markets and working on a variety of products, many of which generated over $10M in yearly revenue for the companies owning them."

Coding Challenge Practice

Coding Courses

"At Udemy, our mission is to help anyone learn anything. As part of our Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative...we have partnered with your WICC executive board...to bring you the most in-demand tools in programming languages, web, and mobile development."

Udacity provides project-based online courses and credentials in programming. There are many free classes, from basic courses on programming to advanced courses on data. You can also earn a nanodegree in programs like full-stack development and iOS development.

We believe we are in the early days of a revolution that will not only increase access to great education, but also transform the way people learn. SlideRule is our way of contributing to the movement. We're bridging the skills gap through affordable, high-quality online education.

Coursera works with universities to offer masive open online coursers (MOOCs) for free. Take courses in artificial intelligence, data science, interface design, software engineering, computer systems, security, and many more! You can also earn a certificate with official recognition.

At edX, we believe in the highest quality education, both online and in the classroom. EdX was created for students and institutions that seek to transform themselves through cutting-edge technologies, innovative pedagogy, and rigorous courses.

MOOCs are online courses available to anyone with a computer and Internet connection. They offer students a way to learn in a setting similar to an online class, but are usually loosely structured and can be accessed without paying tuition or committing to an academic program.

Blogs

"Medium taps into the brains of the world’s most insightful writers, thinkers, and storytellers to bring you the smartest takes on topics that matter. So whatever your interest, you can always find fresh thinking and unique perspectives."

Summer Opportunities

The goal of SummerQAmp is to introduce Quality Assurance (QA) as a potential career path to American youth (ages 18-24) who are unaware of the opportunity by allowing them to gain valuable work experience as summer interns at software companies.

For anyone with coding experience. The HackNY Fellows program, now entering its fifth year, is an intense program designed to introduce students to NYC's startup ecosystem by pairing the best technical minds with great New York startups.

PennApps Fellows is Philadelphia's premiere student-run fellowship program that involves a 10-week summer internship program that pairs talented students from across the world to top Philadelphia tech companies and startups.

For rising college Sophomores and Juniors. The Engineering Practicum program is a 12-week developmental opportunity for first and second-year undergraduate students with a passion for technology -- especially students from historically underrepresented groups in the field.

For rising college Sophomores and Juniors. Explore Microsoft is a 12-week summer internship program that is specifically designed for college underclassmen (freshmen and sophomores) and offers a rotational experience aimed to enable you to gain experience in our different software engineering roles.

General Tips

Practice, practice, practice. While you may be familiar with coding in the classroom, interview-style questions are different.

Research about the company and show why you are passionate about their cause.

Remember, anything on your resume is fair game for questions.

Think out loud and practice coding on a whiteboard. First create a working solution then fix it to make it more efficient. Ask clarifying questions.